Paper bag and envelope cabinet



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

J. P. KLUG.

PAPER BAG AND ENVELOPE CABINET. No. 545,803. Patented Sept. 3, 1895 (NoModel.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. J. P. KLUG.

PAPER BAG AND ENVELOPE CABINET. No. 545,803. Patented Sept. 3, 1895.

UNITED STATE PATENT 1 FFICE.

JOHN P. KLUG, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO MARY KLUG AND EDWARDIV. BRAISTED, OF SAME- PLACE.

PAPER-BAG AND ENVELOPE CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 545,803, datedSeptember 3, 1895. Application filed December 24, 1894. Serial No.532,860- (No model.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN P. KLUG, of the city of St. Louis, State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Bag.and Envelope Cabinets, of which the following'is a full, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to a paper-bag and envelope cabinet; and itconsists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of my invention is to construct a paper-bag and envelopecabinet with a number of compartments having spring-pressed followers,together with improved means for retracting such followers when thecompartments are to be filled.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a cabinet constructedin accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional viewon the indicated line2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional viewon the indicated line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail view of aportion of the rear wall of the cabinet. Fig. 5 is aview in perspectiveof a hook of which I make use when the'ordinary rods 17 are dispensedwith and it'is desired to place a supply of paper bags or envelopes inany of the compartments of the cabinet.

My improved cabinet comprises a box-like structure constructed with'thebase 1, top 2, front and rear walls 3 and 4, end wall 5, and removableend wall 6, said removable end wall 6 sliding ina vertical planeingrooves or rabbets 7, located upon the inner faces of and adjacent oneend of the front and rear walls 3 and 4. The top'and bottom edges of thecabinet so formed are provided with suitable molding, such as 8.Transversely positioned in the cabinet and securely fixed to the frontand rear walls 3 and 4 and stationary end wall 5 is a series ofpartitions 9, thus forming a series of compartments 10. It is theintention to graduate the height of these compartments, though they maybe all constructed of the same height, if desired.

The meeting edges of the stationary end wall 5 and front wall 3 are outawayin order to form a vertical slot or diseharge opening 11, the sameextending from the base 1 to the top 2, and necessarily communicatingwith the entire series of compartments 10. Semicircular notches 12 areformed in the edge of the stationary end 5, there being one of thesenotches to each compartment. Adapted to move horizontally between thefront and rear walls 3 and 4, and in each one of the compartments 10,are followers 13, said followers being rectangular in form and slightlyless in length and height than is the interior of the compartments 10.Inter-posed between the followers 13.and the rear wall 4 of the cabinetare expansive coil-springs 14, the ends of which are fixed to thefollowers 13 and the inner face of the rear wall 4. Fixed to the rearsides of andin the centers of the followers 13 are eyebolts 15. Locatedin the rear wall 4 and at the central points of each of the compartmentsare transverse slots 16. WVire rods 17 have their forward ends looped inthe eyebolts 15, and extend from thence rearwardly through thetransverse slots 16 in the rear wall 4, and have their outer ends bentinto rings 18. Formed in the bodies of these rods 17 and adjacent theforward ends thereof are U-shaped bends 19, the same extending at rightangles to the bodies of said rods.

20 indicates paper bags and envelopes prop erly positioned within thecompartments and between the followers 13 and the front wall 3 of thecabinet. When said paper bags or envelopes are correctly positioned inthe different compartments, the followers 13, acted 'upon by theexpansive coil-springs 14, tend to force the bags or envelopes againstthe front wall 3 of the cabinet, thus always exposing the first few bagsor envelopes through the slot 11 and semicircular notches 12.

When it is desired to remove the bags orments becomes exhausted and itis desired to locate a further supply in the compartment or compartmentsthat are empty, the operator slides the end wall 6 in the groove 7vertically upward, which completely opens the ends of the compartments10. The operator now grasps the ring 18 of the rod 17 that enters thecompartment that is empty and withdraws the same through the transverseslot 16 until the U-shaped bend 19 is positioned outside the rear wall4. By now slightly rotating the rod 17 the lJ-shaped bend 19 will engageagainst the outside face of the rear wall 4, thus efficiently lockingand preventing forward movement of the coil spring and follower, saidfollower having necessarily been drawn rearwardly with the rearwardmovement of the rod 17, and said coil'spring 14E being compressedbetween said follower 13 and the rear wall 4. I (One of the followers 13and its rod 17 are shown withdrawn in Fig. 3.) A supply of bags orenvelopes is now located within the compartment, the rod 17 slightlyrotated until the U'shaped bend 19 therein coincides with the transverseslot 16, and said bend 19 in the rod 17 allowed to pass through saidtransverse slot 16 with the expansive movement of the spring, thusunlooking or loosening the coil-spring against the follower 13, saidfollower 13 being moved forward to engage and press against the supplyof bags or envelopes. The vertically-moving end wall 6 is now moveddownwardly to its closed position and the operation of filling thecompartment completed.

If desired the rods 17 may be dispensed with and a single rod, identicalin form and size with the rods 17, but constructed with a hook 21 uponits forward end, used to draw the followers 13 rearwardly when it isdesired to fill any one or all of the compartments of the cabinet. Thuswill be seen how I have constructed an envelope and paper-bag cabinetwherein are located-paper bags or envelopes of various sizes, the firstfew of which in each compartment are always exposed to view and areeasily accessible.

Paper bags and envelopes held in a cabinet constructed in the mannerdescribed are kept clean and free from dust, said cabinet possessingsuperior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and generalefficiency.

What I claim is- 1. A paper bag and envelope cabinet, comprising arectangular box like structure constructed with a vertical slot at onecorner thereof, a series of compartments formed by horizontal partitionswithin said box 'like structure, followers moving horizontally withinthe compartments, expansive springs interposed between the followers andthe rear wall of the cabinet, eye-bolts secured to the rear sides of thefollowers, and rods having their forward ends looped in the eye-boltsand extending rearwardly through transverse slots in the rear wall ofthe cabinet, said rods being constructed with U-shaped bonds at rightangles to the body portions thereof for the purpose of engaging theouter face of the rear wall to lock and hold the followers from anyforward movement.

2. In a paper bag and envelope cabinet, the combination of a rectangularbox-like struct' ure constructed with a vertical slot at one cornerthereof, horizontal partitions located within the box-like structure,spring-actuated followers horizontally moving within the compartmentsformed by the partitions, eye-bolts mounted in said followers, and a rodconstructed with a U-shaped bend at right angles to the body portionthereof and near the rear end, said rear end of the rod being booked inorder to engage the eye-bolts of the followers.

In testimony whereof I atllx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN P. KLUG.

Witnesses:

EDWARD E. LONGAN, PAUL B. DAVIS.

